Ethical Behavior of The Nursing Profession: A Tertiary Hospital

Abstract

This research was a survey study with two objectives to study the relationship between organization climate and culture, and to evaluate the ethical behavior of the nursing professionals according to the Professional Nursing and Midwifery Act, B.E. 2528. Data was collected from 210 nursing professionals in a tertiary hospital using a questionnaire between 1^st – 15^th of July 2015. Only 191 questionnaires, accounting for 90.95%, were returned. Data was analyzed and presented in percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.

The research found that the ethical behavior of the nursing professionals was rated at a very high level. The awareness of organization climate and culture was rated high level and the relationship of the ethical behavior of the nursing professionals, overall and each point to age, time of work, organization climate and culture were all positive at p<0.05 statistical level of significance. Factors of age, organization climate and culture were the variables that forecasted the ethical behavior. The results showed that there should be enhancement of organization climate and culture in order to create good ethical behavior especially, the organization climate in the standard of work, along with adjustments in the kindliness of the ethical behavior.